Stillwater Relay for Life to honor Zach Sobiech's family

The American Cancer Society Relay for Life in Stillwater this year is dedicated to the family of Zach Sobiech, the Lakeland teenager whose song "Clouds" went viral shortly before he died of cancer at age 18.

The relay will be from 6 p.m. Friday to noon Saturday at Stillwater Area High School.

The luminaria ceremony at 10 p.m. Friday will be a tribute to Sobiech. There will also be a screening of "My Last Days," a documentary about Sobiech, at 11 a.m. Saturday.

"Nobody should have to lose a child," said Lois Raboin, 2013 Stillwater relay chair. "His family went through so much in the last year, and so we want to honor them. By the end of his life, I think we all feel that we knew him, whether we'd ever met him or not."

Sobiech was diagnosed with bone cancer three years before he died. Last fall, he wrote and performed "Clouds" as a farewell to family and friends. It has received more than 7.8 million hits on YouTube.

Proceeds from the sale of the song and YouTube views are being donated to the Zach Sobiech Osteosarcoma Fund through the Children's Cancer Research Fund. More than $372,000 has been raised to date.